Sarah Street (born 1958) is professor of Film and Foundation Chair of Drama at University of Bristol .
100-405: Street received a Bachelor of Arts from University of Warwick and a Doctor of Philosophy from Oxford University . Street researches 20th century British film , with a special focus on color film , costume design , and set design . In 1997, she wrote British National Cinema, the first substantial overview of this subject; it is now in its second edition. In 2012, she received a grant from
200-695: A DNA helix to represent science and also the Bear and Ragged Staff , historically associated with Warwickshire and previously the Earls of Warwick as well as the Elephant and Castle of Coventry . The Bear is not chained in the current depiction of the university's coat of arms, although it had been in its original grant of Letters Patent by the College of Arms . In October 2018, Warwick had 26,531 students, with around two-fifths being postgraduates. About 43% of
300-630: A U.K. university to adopt plant-based catering. Warwick is located on the outskirts of Coventry , 3.4 mi (5.5 km) southwest of the city centre and not in the town of Warwick as its name suggests. The university's main site comprises three contiguous campuses, all within walking distance of each other. The university also owns a site in Wellesbourne , acquired in 2004 when it merged with Horticulture Research International . The main Warwick campus occupies 710 acres (2.88 km ) between
400-929: A benchmark for monitoring social mobility by academics, educational organisations and the government. Graduates from the 13 universities are expected to "earn on average £4,300 per year (17%) more than graduates from post-1992 universities , and are 12 percentage points more likely to be in professional employment" 5 years after graduation. The universities are listed below in alphabetical order: University of Birmingham , University of Bristol , University of Cambridge , Durham University , University of Edinburgh , Imperial College London , London School of Economics , University of Nottingham , University of Oxford , University of St Andrews , University College London , University of Warwick , University of York . Notes: The average offer rate for June deadline undergraduate applicants (all ages) in 2022. The average UCAS Tariff achieved by new undergraduate students entering
500-597: A football pitch and cricket grounds. Warwick was an official training venue for the London 2012 Olympics . During the Games, some football matches were played at the nearby Ricoh Arena , home at the time to Coventry City Football Club , and Warwick provided training and residential facilities for the Olympic teams. In September 2021, Warwick opened its esports centre in the new Junction building on central campus, marking it as
600-585: A guaranteed work placement with a leading law firm; a three-night residential conference; and the use of a library of law-related information and news. This programme extends the support provided by Pathways to Law . Undergraduates studying law receive academic and careers support both in person and online, in partnership with leading law firms. This programme is delivered in partnership with Imperial College London . Launched in 2014, Pathways to Medicine provides support for aspiring medics from non-privileged backgrounds, starting in year 11 and running throughout
700-511: A leading university. The programme is delivered by the trust's university partners: Bristol, Cambridge, Durham, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Imperial, King's College London, Nottingham, St Andrews, UCL, and the Royal Veterinary College. A report published by the trust in 2012, showed that summer school attendees were more likely to get into a highly competitive university than children with similar academic profiles who hadn't attended
800-549: A list of 13 UK universities which are research-intensive and ranked highest based on the average rankings of surveys by The Daily Telegraph , The Times , the Financial Times and The Sunday Times (i.e. a combination of UK domestic rankings ). The universities are regarded as the UK's "most prestigious", "elite" and "most selective" universities offering around 30,000 places annually. The 13 universities are used as
900-524: A mentoring programme and work experience. The Sutton Trust produces research on education and social mobility that spans the early years, school, universities and access to the professions. A 2005 report commissioned by the Sutton Trust revealed that the UK, alongside the United States, has the lowest level of social mobility of any developed country for which there is data. Researchers from
1000-531: A new medical school based jointly at Warwick and Leicester University, opened in September 2000. On the recommendation of then-Prime Minister Tony Blair , Bill Clinton chose Warwick as the venue for his last major foreign policy address as US President in December 2000. Sandy Berger , Clinton's National Security Advisor , explaining the decision in a press briefing on 7 December 2000, said that: "Warwick
1100-590: A new £33 million Faculty of Arts, a £55 million new sports centre which was finished in April 2019, a new £54.3 million Interdisciplinary Biomedical Research Building (IBRB), a new type of student accommodation called "Cryfield Village", the expansion of Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG), a redevelopment for the Art centre and a new Library. For this occasion, Vice-Chancellor of Warwick University Stuart Croft declared: "New buildings are and will continue to be
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#17328023864761200-406: A number of stand-alone units to manage and extract commercial value from its research activities. The four most prominent examples of these units are University of Warwick Science Park ; Warwick HRI ; Warwick Ventures; and WMG . Warwick has at times received criticism for being too commercially focused, at the expense of academic creativity and diversity. The most famous proponent of this critique
1300-459: A package of guidance throughout their A-Levels including subject taster sessions, skills workshops, financial advice, e-mentoring and a residential summer school. A number of the Sutton Trust's research studies have pointed to the importance of students making well-informed choices at A-Level. The trust has funded the university's The Subject Matters sessions for Year 11 students and teachers in target schools, which are designed to support and inform
1400-535: A part of our everyday existence. We need to open one new academic building a year from now until at least 2023. In order to do this and to keep Warwick as one of the world’s leading universities, we need to do this together, involving the whole community." Warwick is governed by two formal bodies: the Council and the Senate. In addition to these, a steering committee provide strategic leadership in between meetings of
1500-479: A popular bar called "The Terrace Bar"; Curiositea, a tea shop famous for its hot chocolates, cakes and vintage atmosphere; The Graduate, a postgraduate social and study space; and The Bread Oven, a design-your-own sandwich shop. Sutton Trust The Sutton Trust is an educational charity in the United Kingdom which aims to improve social mobility and address educational disadvantage. The charity
1600-472: A project to open a Campus in Roseville, California . The university had spent £1.2 million on the project. In 2023, the students' union voted for all the union-run catering to offer all plant-based meals. The vote was supported in order to reduce climate change emissions. By the following academic year, the menus will be 50% vegan and then will be fully plant-based by 2027. It is the eighth student union at
1700-612: A proposed "Academic Square". Developed projects included an inter-disciplinary biosciences research facility; a £25 million upgrade to Warwick Business School ; and the National Automotive Innovation Campus (NAIC), a new £150 million venture funded by Jaguar Land Rover and the UK government. The NAIC's purpose was to research and develop novel technologies to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and to reduce CO 2 emissions. The new 30,000 sq ft (2,800 m ) campus for postgraduates
1800-455: A recommendation of the report. The trust's 2014 literature review What Makes Great Teaching , by Dr Rob Coe of Durham University, highlighted the dos and don'ts of effective pedagogy . The trust published a literature review Baby Bonds in 2014 by researchers from Columbia and Princeton universities highlighting the importance of secure attachment for babies. Another 2014 report, Sound Foundations , by Oxford University academics showed
1900-633: A semester or a year and may obtain a double degree. International partners include Columbia University , University of Waterloo , McGill University , Cornell University , UC Berkeley , Sciences Po Paris , and the Balsillie School of International Affairs . Warwick has a number of subjects within the 2022 ARWU 's global top 50: In broad subject rankings, Warwick is ranked 36th globally for Social Sciences, 42nd for Humanities, and 78th for Natural Sciences, 164th for Engineering and Technology, and 204th for Life Sciences and Medicine according to
2000-417: A small cadre of elite 'feeder' [mostly fee-paying] schools. Three private schools and two elite colleges sent more students to Oxbridge over three years than 1,800 schools and colleges across the UK. This updated earlier research from 2011. A report for the trust in 2015 by Oxford University researchers, Subject to Background , showed that disadvantaged pupils were only half as likely as other students to get
2100-635: A summer school. Researchers at the University of Bristol revealed that more than three-quarters (76%) of children who attend a summer school are awarded places at a leading university, compared with just over half (55%) of children with a similar academic and social background who did not apply for a summer school place. The Sutton Trust US programme was launched in 2012 with the UK/US Fulbright Commission . The programme helps low-income students apply to universities and colleges in
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#17328023864762200-447: A summit in 2014. In 2012, the trust published Leading People, a report showing that 44% of those at the top of their professions attended fee-paying schools and Oxbridge. This was based on analysis of those featured in national newspaper birthday lists. The study found that over 35% of MPs , 51% of medics, 54% of leading journalists, 51% of senior bankers and 70% of high court judges attended private schools. A report published by
2300-560: Is a flexible space which allows teaching staff to try out new technologies and techniques. Adjacent to the main library building is the Modern Records Centre , a sizeable archive collection, including the UK's largest industrial relations collection. In 2013, Warwick had a total research income of £90.1 million, of which £33.9 million was from Research Councils; £25.9 million was from central government, local authorities and public corporations; £12.7 million
2400-469: Is a multi-venue arts complex situated at the centre of Warwick's main campus. It attracts around 300,000 visitors a year to over 3,000 individual events spanning contemporary and classical music, drama, dance, comedy, films and visual art. The centre comprises six principal spaces: the Butterworth Hall, a 1,500-seat concert hall; a 550-seat theatre; a 180-seat theatre studio; three cinema screens;
2500-648: Is a programme developed by the Sutton Trust and the College of Law (now the Legal Education Foundation ), to widen access to the legal profession. It was established in 2006 and is delivered by twelve universities, in collaboration with ten partnering organisations from the legal profession. The Pathways programme provides various interventions over two years: university-based sessions, including academic lectures and seminar discussions; careers and university advice; e-mentoring by current law students;
2600-469: Is all only part of "Phase 1" of a larger push from the university to invest in esports. The centre is sponsored by Uninn and Coventry City Football Club, partnered with Sky Blues in the Community, Women in Games and Special Effect and has its tech supplied by Chillblast and HyperX. Other Warwick sites include: In November 2005, Warwick outlined proposals for how it would like to develop its campus over
2700-576: Is consistently ranked amongst the top ten in the three major national rankings of British universities . Warwick is a member of the ' Sutton 13 ' of top ranked universities in the UK. Warwick was declared as The Times and The Sunday Times " University of the Year " 2015. Overall, nineteen of the twenty-seven subjects offered by Warwick were ranked within the top 10 nationally in 2019 by the Complete University Guide. In 2017, Warwick
2800-654: Is investing over £4 million per year in research and programmes designed to improve social mobility . An independent study in 2007 by the Boston Consulting Group found that the trust's investments were cost-effective: on average, programmes generated a return to beneficiaries of £15 for every pound invested. In 2014 the Sutton Trust established a £1.25 million fund in partnership with the Esmée Fairbairn Foundation . The fund will support projects aimed at improving parental engagement in
2900-606: Is jointly supplied by the automotive industry – via the Automotive Council – and the UK government through the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) and managed by Innovate UK . In September 2015, Warwick celebrated its 50th anniversary and was designated " University of the Year " by The Times and The Sunday Times . In December 2017, the university announced it would not continue with
3000-615: Is one of Britain's newest and finest research universities, singled out by Prime Minister Blair as a model both of academic excellence and independence from the government." The university was seen as a favoured institution of the Labour government during the New Labour years from 1997 to 2010. It was academic partner for a number of flagship Government schemes including the National Academy for Gifted and Talented Youth and
3100-791: Is rotated by an electric motor whilst illuminated. It is intended to represent the Buddhist quest for questions without answers, the Kōan . The Koan was made in 1971 as part of the Peter Stuyvesant Foundation City Sculpture Project and was originally sited in Plymouth; it moved to the Hayward Gallery in London before being purchased by Warwick in 1972. The Koan was temporarily relocated to
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3200-858: The Association of MBAs , EQUIS , the European University Association , the Midlands Innovation group, the Russell Group , Sutton 13 and Universities UK . It is the only European member of the Center for Urban Science and Progress , a collaboration with New York University . The university has extensive commercial activities, including the University of Warwick Science Park and WMG, University of Warwick . Warwick's alumni and staff include winners of
3300-695: The Bank of England . Researchers at Warwick have also made significant contributions such as the development of penicillin , music therapy , the Washington Consensus , computing standards, including ISO and ECMA , complexity theory , contract theory , and the International Political Economy as a field of study. The idea for a university in Warwickshire was first mooted shortly after World War II , although it
3400-536: The Leverhulme Trust to research color cinema in the 1920s. From 2016 to 2019, Street was the principal investigator of a grant from the Arts and Humanities Research Council to research Eastmancolor , a type of color film produced by Kodak that was introduced to Britain in the 1950s. She has received other AHRC research grants for British color film. She serves as an editor of the journal Screen and on
3500-531: The London School of Economics found that one reason for this trend was that the expansion of higher education in the UK disproportionately benefited those from better-off backgrounds. A follow-up report by the LSE group in 2008 concluded that social mobility had levelled off, with children born in 2000 facing the same mobility prospects as those children born 30 years earlier. In 2000, the Sutton Trust created
3600-618: The NHS University which is now defunct. Tony Blair described Warwick as "a beacon among British universities for its dynamism, quality and entrepreneurial zeal". In a 2012 study by Virgin Media Business, Warwick was described as the most "digitally-savvy" UK university. In February 2001, IBM donated a new S/390 computer and software worth £2 million to Warwick, to form part of a "Grid" enabling users to remotely share computing power. In April 2004 Warwick merged with
3700-712: The Nobel Prize , Turing Award , Fields Medal , Richard W. Hamming Medal , Emmy Award , Grammy , and the Padma Vibhushan , and are fellows to the British Academy , the Royal Society of Literature , the Royal Academy of Engineering , and the Royal Society . Alumni also include heads of state, government officials, leaders in intergovernmental organisations, and a former chief economist at
3800-689: The University of Birmingham , the University of Leicester , Loughborough University and the University of Nottingham —formed the M5 Group, a regional bloc intended to maximise the member institutions' research income and enable closer collaboration. In September 2013, it was announced that a new National Automotive Innovation Centre would be built by WMG at Warwick's main campus at a cost of £100 million, with £50 million to be contributed by Jaguar Land Rover and £30 million by Tata Motors . The centre will open in Summer 2018. The building
3900-422: The University of Leeds for a number of years and is funded by Lloyds TSB in partnership with the Sutton Trust. The programme aims to raise the aspirations of non-privileged young people who have the potential to attend research-led universities. The students are from schools and colleges with low higher-education participation rates in the area around the university. As part of the programme, each student receives
4000-535: The Wellesbourne and Kirton sites of Horticulture Research International . In July 2004 Warwick was the location for an important agreement between the Labour Party and the trade unions on Labour policy and trade union law, which has subsequently become known as the " Warwick Agreement ". In June 2006, the new University Hospital Coventry opened, including a 102,000 sq ft (9,500 m ) university clinical sciences building. Warwick Medical School
4100-498: The 1960s and 1970s, Warwick had a reputation as a politically radical institution. Under Vice-Chancellor Lord Butterworth , Warwick was the first UK university to adopt a business approach to higher education, develop close links with the business community and exploit the commercial value of its research. These tendencies were discussed by British historian and then-Warwick lecturer, E. P. Thompson , in his 1970 edited book Warwick University Ltd. . The Leicester Warwick Medical School,
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4200-506: The 1990s, with thirty-two episodes created by Steve Shipway. The Koan Worshipping Society, led by the Koanists, believe the Koan is “the earth-bound manifestation of the immortal Koan, the creator of the universe”. In April 2019, the university opened a new £49 million Sports and Wellness Hub, on the main campus, featuring two sports halls with arena style balcony, the largest gym in
4300-518: The 2014 programme attended summer schools at Harvard, Yale, and MIT. In 2014, 61 students from the summer school were awarded places at 37 US institutions to pursue their undergraduate degrees. 60% of these students come from households with an income of less than £25,000 per annum. In its first two years the programme has enabled 82 students to gain scholarships to American universities, including Harvard, Princeton, Yale, MIT and Dartmouth, accessing $ 20m of financial aid. In its third year, 58 students from
4400-552: The 2020 Katherine Singer Kovács Book Award from the Society for Cinema and Media Studies for their book Chromatic Modernity (2019). University of Warwick The University of Warwick ( / ˈ w ɒr ɪ k / WORR -ik ; abbreviated as Warw. in post-nominal letters ) is a public research university on the outskirts of Coventry between the West Midlands and Warwickshire , England. The university
4500-529: The 2020 QS World University Rankings . In subject rankings, Warwick has a number of subjects within the global top 50 including: The Times Higher Education rankings has ranked six out of eleven subjects at Warwick within the global top 100 in 2020: Warwick's Economics department and Politics and International Studies (PAIS) department were ranked 1st in the UK by the Good University Guide 2020 ahead of Oxbridge. The Mathematics department
4600-476: The 34th lowest offer rate across the country. For 2017 entry, the university was one of only a few mainstream universities (along with Cambridge , Imperial College , LSE , Oxford , St Andrews , and UCL ) to have no courses available in Clearing . 22% of Warwick's undergraduates are privately educated , the fifteenth highest proportion amongst mainstream British universities. In the 2016–17 academic year,
4700-598: The A-levels needed to go to elite universities. Drawing on the Effective Pre-School, Primary and Secondary Education longitudinal study of 3,000 children, it cited good pre-schools and schools, regular homework and enrichment activities outside the school curriculum as factors influencing later student choices. In 2014 the Sutton Trust published a report by the Institute for Fiscal Studies investigating
4800-471: The BBC, Scheele said: "I think in the future, education and industry need to become even more closely linked than they have been historically. As government funding changes, the replacement could well come through private funding from companies, individuals and grant-giving agencies." The university has a campus cat named Rolf. The University of Warwick Students' Union is one of the largest students' unions in
4900-617: The Belvedere School in Liverpool was funded jointly by the Sutton Trust and the Girls' Day School Trust and all places were awarded on merit, with parents paying a sliding scale of fees according to their means. Under the scheme, the social mix of the school became more diverse with 30% of pupils on free places, 40% paying partial fees and 30% paying full fees. The first cohort achieved the school's best ever examination results – and
5000-561: The City of Coventry and the County of Warwickshire . The original buildings of the campus are in contemporary 1960s architecture. The campus contains all of the main student amenities, all but four of the student halls of residence, and the Students' Union. The campus is split between the parliamentary constituencies of Kenilworth and Southam and Coventry South . The Warwick Arts Centre
5100-517: The Higher education sector, a 12-lane 25 metre pool with movable floor, climbing and bouldering walls, squash courts, studio spaces and a café. The previous main sports centre was closed on 7 April 2019, Elsewhere on campus is another sports hall, a £2.5 million 4-court indoor tennis centre with floodlit outdoor courts, a 400 m athletics track, multi-purpose outdoor surfaces, and over 60 acres (20 ha) of outdoor playing fields, including
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#17328023864765200-540: The Mead Gallery, an art gallery; and the Music Centre, with practice rooms, and an ensemble rehearsal room where music societies and groups can rehearse. In addition the site includes a restaurant/ café. In 2003, Warwick acquired the former headquarters of National Grid , which it converted into an administration building renamed University House. There is a student-run facility called the ‘Learning Grid’ in
5300-442: The Sutton Trust, with support from Greater London Tutors, piloted a project that offered private tuition in mathematics to 100-150 academically able Year 11 pupils from non-privileged homes who would not otherwise be able to afford it. The programme supported pupils with the potential to achieve A or A* grades in their maths GCSE who were at risk of not doing so, and provided 10 hours of private tuition either one-to-one or in pairs in
5400-601: The Trust has received the majority of its funding from its founder and executive chairman, British business executive Sir Peter Lampl . In recent years the trust has diversified its income and now also secures contributions from a range of major corporates, trusts and foundations, university partners, and individual donors. The Sutton Trust is actively fundraising, and has attracted a number of senior figures from banking, industry, trusts and foundations to join its Strategic Advisory and Development Board and its Fellowship. The trust
5500-480: The UK, and currently has over 260 societies and 67 sports clubs including basketball, rowing and ice hockey. The Union has an annual turnover of approximately £6 million, the profit from which is used to provide services to students and to employ its staff and sabbatical officers . The Union is divided into two buildings—SUHQ and The Union Building. The Union Building contains a three-room club venue known as "The Copper Rooms"; CAMRA-accredited "The Dirty Duck" pub;
5600-460: The US and apply for financial aid packages. The programme, which is free for students, includes a week-long trip to an Ivy League institution, four residential courses in London, intense mentoring throughout the application process, plus payment of examination fees. The programme took 64 students in its first year in 2012, before expanding to 150 in its second year and 175 in its third year. Students on
5700-405: The best in Liverpool – with 99% of students achieving at least five good GCSEs. The Sutton Trust ran its first summer school in 1997 at Oxford University, and they continue to be highly popular. It is the largest programme of its kind, with 10,000 applicants for 2,000 places in 2014. The week long summer schools are designed to give bright students from non-privileged homes an insight into life at
5800-510: The building, which includes two floors of PC clusters, scanners, photocopiers, a reference library, interactive whiteboards and plasma screens for use by individuals and for group work. The White Koan is a modern art sculpture by Liliane Lijn which is installed outside the back entrance to the Warwick Arts Centre. The Koan is 6 metres (20 ft) high, white in colour, decorated with elliptical of fluorescent lights and
5900-524: The child's first day, it is hoped that not only will the children feel more supported, but the confidence and ability of parents to help and value their child's learning and development will be improved. Designed to provide support to hard-to-reach families, through drop-in style provision based in a shopping centre in one of the most deprived parts of Oxford. The service provides activities for children, and teaches parents how to facilitate their child's learning through everyday play and interactions. In 2011
6000-763: The continuing purchase of adjoining farm land. The university also benefited from a substantial donation from the family of John Martin, a Coventry businessman who had made a fortune from investment in Smirnoff vodka, and which enabled the construction of the Warwick Arts Centre . The university admitted its first, small intake of graduate students in 1964, and took its first 450 undergraduates in October 1965. Since its establishment Warwick has expanded its grounds to 721 acres (2.9 km ), with many modern buildings and academic facilities, lakes, and woodlands. In
6100-598: The creation of eight joint post-doctoral research fellowships. In April 2012, it was announced that Warwick would be the only European university participating in the Center for Urban Science and Progress, an applied science research institute to be based in New York consisting of an international consortium of universities and technology companies led by New York University and NYU-Poly. In August 2012, Warwick and five other Midlands-based universities— Aston University ,
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#17328023864766200-896: The current registrar, Rachel Sandby-Thomas, had failed in her duty as the then data protection officer to notify staff, students, and partners of a series of significant breaches. Warwick's academic activities are organised into the following faculties and departments: When the financial year ended on 31 July 2019, Warwick had a total income, including share of joint ventures, of £688.6 million (2017/18: £631.5 million). Key sources of income included £344.5 million from academic fees and support grants (2017/18: £316.6 million), £137.8 million from research grants and contracts (2017/18: £126.5 million), and £136.9 million from operating incomes (2017/18: £123.0 million). At year-end Warwick had endowment assets of £12 million (2017/18: £11.5 million). Warwick's coat of arms depicts atoms of two isotopes of lithium ,
6300-411: The early years. The trust's Sutton Scholars programme aims to support highly able low- and middle-income students in early secondary school. The programme provides a multi-year course of enrichment activities for each student, with content delivered by four Universities: Cambridge, Nottingham, UCL and Warwick. The programme aims to foster talent at an early age, increasing the pool of students attending
6400-584: The editorial board of Journal of British Cinema and Television . She is also a jury member for Best British Film of the Iris Prize , a queer film festival. Her book Colour Films in Britain received the 2014 First Prize for Best Monograph from The British Association of Film, Television and Screen Studies. In 2019, Street received The Colour Group (Great Britain) Turner Medal, which honors artists or art historians . In 2020, she and Joshua Yumibe received
6500-399: The first esports facility opened in a Russell Group university and also the first university esports facility to be opened in the UK that is not tied to a degree. The centre is equipped with 24 PCs, and is designed to be easily configurable and moveable to facilitate the hosting of larger scale events. The centre is open to all of the public, not just students of the university, and this
6600-442: The formal bodies. Faculties are overseen by faculty boards which report to the Senate. The principal officers of the university have responsibility for day-to-day operations of the university. These include the registrar, the secretary to council, the group finance director, the director of commercial, the chief information and digital officer, and the chief communications officer The latter two roles were created after it emerged that
6700-417: The formation of a strategic partnership, including the creation of ten joint senior academic posts, new dual master's and joint doctoral degrees, and co-ordination of research programmes. In March 2012, Warwick and Queen Mary, University of London announced the creation of a strategic partnership, including research collaboration, some joint teaching of English, history and computer science undergraduates, and
6800-407: The impact of tuition fee reforms. It found that students will leave university with higher debts than before, averaging more than £44,000. A report published by the trust in 2013 compared apprenticeships across several countries, showing that young people in England had access to poorer quality opportunities than their counterparts in countries like Germany and Switzerland. The report was followed by
6900-540: The importance of qualified early years staff working with disadvantaged young children. In 2011 the Sutton Trust was awarded a £135 million arm's length grant by the Government to establish a new initiative to boost the attainment of disadvantaged children. This fund was used to launch the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF), which initiates grants and seeks proposals from schools, teachers, local authorities and charities to improve attainment in schools. The pilot project aims to help prepare parents, carers and children for
7000-409: The institution for 2022–23 was £828.2 million of which £144.1 million was from research grants and contracts, with an expenditure of £722.1 million. Warwick Arts Centre is a multi-venue arts complex in the university's main campus and is the largest venue of its kind in the UK, which is not in London. Warwick is a member of AACSB , the Association of Commonwealth Universities ,
7100-402: The next fifteen years. The proposals built upon recent construction activity including a new Mathematics and Statistics Building, new Computer Science Building, new Business School buildings, a Digital Laboratory, new Residences and an expanded Sports Centre. The proposals envisage a shift in the "centre of gravity" of the campus away from the Students' Union towards University House and
7200-531: The number of offers made to non-privileged students by elite universities through an e-mentoring programme. Each student is assigned an e-mentor who assists them through a subject specific pathway. This programme offers sustained support to students in years 10–13 to help them make strong applications to Oxford University . The programme provides information, advice and guidance to academically able students and staff members, in non-selective state schools with little history of progression to Oxford. In its first year
7300-526: The outskirts of Coventry, with a satellite campus in Wellesbourne and a central London base at the Shard . It is organised into three faculties—Arts, Science Engineering and Medicine, and Social Sciences—within which there are thirty-two departments. As of 2021, Warwick has around 29,534 full-time students and 2,691 academic and research staff, with an average intake of 4,950 undergraduates out of 38,071 applicants (7.7 applicants per place). The annual income of
7400-669: The postgraduate earnings premium to be £200,000 greater than for first degree holders. The research was cited in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's 2014 Autumn Statement as a rationale for the introduction of postgraduate loans. The trust published the first index of the performance of academy chains in 2014. The analysis, Chain Effects , showed significant differences in the performance of different academy chains. The Department for Education decided to publish such data in 2015,
7500-516: The programme were awarded places at 39 different institutions, accessing over $ 14m in financial aid. The Sutton Trust runs the country's largest programme of subject specific teacher summer schools aimed at boosting access to the country's leading universities. The teacher summer schools are free to attend and are aimed at teachers in schools and colleges which have relatively few students accessing highly selective universities and which serve areas of socio-economic need. This project aims to increase
7600-475: The programme worked with nearly 3,000 students and 400 teachers from across the UK. The university access scheme is run by the Kent Academies Network, in partnership with the Sutton Trust and Fitzwilliam College , University of Cambridge. Participating schools identify students in Year 9 based on their academic potential to begin a four-year programme of support. In each of the four years of
7700-561: The programme, the group of students spend one week at Easter and one week in the summer on a residential course in Kent. The Sutton Trust is developing a comprehensive programmes model to enable young people from non-privileged backgrounds to enter the professions – including Law, Medicine, Banking, Insurance, accounting and consulting. The programme will support pupils from Key Stage 4 through to their undergraduate years. The trust's current Pathways programmes are listed below: Pathways to Law
7800-938: The relative number of students from poor backgrounds enrolled here against the rest of the institutions. These are, in alphabetical order: University of Bath , University of Birmingham , University of Bristol , University of Cambridge , Cardiff University , Durham University , University of Edinburgh , University of Exeter , University of Glasgow , Imperial College , King's College London , University of Lancaster , University of Leeds , University of Leicester , University of Liverpool , London School of Economics , University of Manchester , Newcastle University , University of Nottingham , University of Oxford , University of Reading , Royal Holloway, University of London , University of Sheffield , University of Southampton , University of St Andrews , University of Strathclyde , University of Surrey , University College London , University of Warwick and University of York . In 2011
7900-707: The run-up to the GCSE exam. Future First works to introduce alumni networks to state schools by bringing back former students to inspire, advise and guide current pupils. The programme aims to help students define their career goals and educational aspirations, as well as offering practical help, including putting together effective CVs . The scheme allows face-to-face alumni contact and the development of individual interactive alumni websites for each schools. The programme also offers work placements through its network, including work-shadowing opportunities with leading barristers. The Reach for Excellence programme has been running at
8000-406: The student body comes from outside the UK and over 120 countries are represented on the campus. The university has twenty-nine academic departments and over forty research centres and institutes, in three faculties: Arts , Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics ( STEM ), and Social Sciences. There were 2,492 academic and research staff in October 2018. Warwick students can study abroad for
8100-403: The transition from home to pre-school, particularly targeting those who lack confidence and understanding of how they can help with their children's learning, feel alienated from the education system and experience social isolation and/or speak English as an additional language. Through various sessions, including a home visit, group sessions to the pre-school setting, and a settling-in session on
8200-522: The trust developed a teaching and learning toolkit in collaboration with Durham University , which guides teachers and schools in how best to use Pupil Premium funding to improve the attainment of disadvantaged pupils. The toolkit is now managed in conjunction with the Education Endowment Foundation . In 2014, the trust published a report highlighting the high proportion of Oxford and Cambridge undergraduates who come from
8300-467: The trust in 2013 investigated the socio-economic backgrounds of grammar school entrants. The report revealed that 2.7% of entrants to grammar schools are entitled to free school meals, whereas 12.7% of entrants come from outside the state sector, largely from independent schools. A report published by the trust in 2013 showed that 11% of those aged 25–60 in the labour force now hold a postgraduate degree, compared with 4% in 1996. The LSE report estimated
8400-425: The trust's university summer schools. Open Access is a voluntary scheme proposed by the trust that would open private day schools to students from all backgrounds, with places awarded on merit alone. The schools would remain independent, entrance would be competitive and fees would be paid on a sliding scale. Over 80 independent day schools have backed the scheme, including St Paul's School. A seven-year pilot at
8500-486: The two sixth form years. The programme provides students with a work placement, a mentor in the profession, soft skills sessions and academic activities. Established in 2012, Pathways to property is open to Year 12 students from UK state schools who are interested in finding out about careers in the property sector. The programme offers a range of activities including a Summer School at the University of Reading in July,
8600-629: The university had a domicile breakdown of 66:9:25 of UK:EU:non-EU students respectively with a female to male ratio of 50:50. The main university library is located in the middle of the main campus. It houses approximately 1,265,000 books and over 13 kilometres of archives and manuscripts. The main library houses services to support Research and Teaching practice and collaboration between departments. The Wolfson Research Exchange opened in October 2008 and provides collaboration spaces, seminar rooms, conference facilities and study areas for Postgraduate Research students. The Teaching Grid, which opened in 2008,
8700-482: The university in 2021–22. This is based on qualifications achieved, for example A-levels : A* = 56, A = 48, B = 40 UCAS points; Scottish Highers : A = 33, B = 27 UCAS point etc. In 2011, the trust updated its methodology to include the 30 "most highly selective" British universities, which were "also the 30 most selective according to the Times University Guide" for the purpose of illustrating
8800-536: The university's Gibbet Hill campus during refurbishments to the Warwick Arts Centre; it was returned upon completion of the project. According to student newspaper The Boar , the white Koan has played a role in many of campus' myths and legends – it was allegedly the nose-cap of the Blue-Streak Missile , a supposed quick escape route for senior staff, and even a signalling device for aliens in outer space. The Koan even garnered its own cartoon strip in
8900-548: The university's academic staff were rated as being in "world-leading" or "internationally excellent" departments with top research ratings of 4* or 3*. Warwick is particularly strong in the areas of decision sciences research including economics , finance , management , mathematics and statistics . For instance, researchers of the Warwick Business School have won the highest prize of the prestigious European Case Clearing House. Warwick has also established
9000-477: Was adopted, even though Warwick , the county town, lies some 8 miles (13 km) to its southwest and Coventry 's city centre is only 3.5 miles (5.6 km) northeast of the campus. The establishment of the University of Warwick was given approval by the government in 1961 and it received its Royal Charter of Incorporation in 1965. Since then, the university has incorporated the former Coventry College of Education in 1979 and has extended its land holdings by
9100-500: Was founded in 1965 as part of a government initiative to expand higher education. The Warwick Business School was established in 1967, the Warwick Law School in 1968, Warwick Manufacturing Group (WMG) in 1980, and Warwick Medical School in 2000. Warwick incorporated Coventry College of Education in 1979 and Horticulture Research International in 2004. Warwick is primarily based on a 290-hectare (720-acre) campus on
9200-527: Was from the European Union; £7.9 million was from UK industry and commerce; £5.2 million was from UK charitable bodies; £4.0 million was from overseas sources; and £0.5 million was from other sources. In the 2014 UK Research Excellence Framework (REF), Warwick was again ranked 7th overall amongst multi-faculty institutions and was the top-ranked university in the Midlands. 87% of
9300-511: Was granted independent degree-awarding status in 2007, and the School's partnership with the University of Leicester was dissolved in the same year. In February 2010, Lord Bhattacharyya , director and founder of the WMG unit at Warwick, made a £1 million donation to the university to support science grants and awards. In February 2012, Warwick and Melbourne-based Monash University announced
9400-473: Was named as the university with the joint second highest graduate employment rate of any UK university, with 97.7% of its graduates in work or further study three and a half years after graduation. Warwick students also average top A-Level grades with new entrants in 2015 amassing an average of 478 UCAS points, the equivalent of AAAaa at A-level—the 13th highest in the country. The university gave offers of admission to 62% of its undergraduate applicants in 2022,
9500-409: Was not founded for a further two decades. A partnership of the city and county councils ultimately provided the impetus for the university to be established on a 400-acre (1.6 km ) site jointly granted by the two authorities. There was some discussion between local sponsors from both the city and county over whether it should be named after Coventry or Warwickshire. The name "University of Warwick"
9600-402: Was opened by HRH The Prince of Wales on 18 February 2020. In July 2014, the government announced that Warwick would be the host for the £1 billion Advanced Propulsion Centre (APC), a non-profit organization that facilitates funding to UK-based research and development projects developing low-carbon emission powertrain technologies. The APC manages a £1 billion investment fund, which
9700-459: Was opened in early-2020. The campus has been dubbed a "brain trust" and is intended to pioneer the green and high-tech sports and luxury cars of tomorrow, doubling the size of Jaguar's research team. In 2017, the university announced its intention to see an exponential growth of its main campus in order to remain "world-class" and cope with the growing number of applications it receives each year, especially from non-UK students. This growth included
9800-607: Was ranked 10th in the world (3rd in the UK) in 2019 by Academic Ranking of World Universities and 19th in the world (4th in the UK) in 2020 by QS. The Guardian University Guide ranks Warwick Business School (WBS) second only after Oxford's Saïd Business School in Business and Management in 2014. The 2020 QS World University Rankings ranked WBS 4th in the UK and 23rd globally. However, Law and Legal Studies at Warwick has dropped from 36th globally in 2013 to 51–100th in 2020. Warwick
9900-446: Was set up by educational philanthropist , Sir Peter Lampl in 1997. Since then, it has undertaken over 150 research studies and funded a wide range of practical programmes for young people in early years, primary and secondary school, with the aim of increasing access to higher education and the professions. The charity's Chief Executive is James Turner, formerly of the Education Endowment Foundation . Since its founding in 1997,
10000-562: Was the noted historian E. P. Thompson , who edited and wrote much of Warwick University Ltd in 1971. The book focuses on the brief student occupation of the Registry in 1967, and its causes, the files that were discovered and published, and the subsequent actions of the university, students and staff. Nevertheless, with the appointment of Sir Nicholas Scheele as Chancellor in 2002, the university signalled that it intended to continue and expand its commercial activities. In an interview for
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